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Originally Posted by DixieGal
Oh sure, now I can appreciate it. And remember, I did end up doing a degree in English lit, so it didn't ruin me. But a poem on that scale about heaven and hell is sort of gloomy for a handful of happy-go-lucky teens.
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Totally agree. That's why I think that there's a "danger" of putting people off that kind of thing for life by making them read it in school. It's the kind of poem you have to read as an adult to truly appreciate, I think.